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Things change: Women’s and men’s marital disruption dynamics in Italy during a time of social transformations, 1970-2003 [PDF]

We study women’s and men’s marital disruption in Italy between 1970 and 2003. By applying an event-history analysis to the 2003 Italian variant of the Generations and Gender Survey we found that the spread of marital disruption started among middle ...
Daniele Vignoli, Silvana Salvini
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CEDAW and Afghanistan [PDF]

, 2013
This paper considers the relevance and applicability of CEDAW in Afghanistan and uses personal interviews with key Afghan and international actors to reflect on the context and framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities that exist for ...
Farhoumand-Sims, Cheshmak
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The Patriarchy’s Role in Gender Inequality in the Caribbean

, 2014
While gender equality in the Caribbean is improving, with women’s growing social, economic, and political participation, literacy rates comparable to those in Europe, and greater female participation in higher education, deeply rooted inequalities are ...
O\u27Connor, Erin C.
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The Success and the Barriers to Women's Representation in Southeast Asia Between State Policies, Political Parties and Women's Movement [PDF]

, 2014
Inisiatif Kemitraan Asia Tenggara -- United States (IKAT-US) Component 1 -- POWER, is one of Partnership's projects that supports efforts to increase women's representation in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste.
Adisti Ikayanti, Ruth Indiah Rahayu
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Between a Phantasm and the Daily Life. Herstoric In(ter)ventions in Latest Polish Women’s Literature

Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture
The article explores herstoric in(ter)ventions in Polish women’s literature of the last decades. The author analyzes selected texts by Izabela Filipiak, Joanna Bator, Anna Dziewit-Meller, Martyna Bunda, Liliana Hermetz and Inga Iwasiów, drawing ...
Joanna Szewczyk
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Big data and AI for gender equality in health: bias is a big challenge

Frontiers in Big Data
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly evolving fields that have the potential to transform women's health by improving diagnostic accuracy, personalizing treatment plans, and building predictive models of disease progression leading to
Anagha Joshi, Anagha Joshi, Anagha Joshi
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Claiming space outside dominant narratives: feminist strategies based upon freedom and diversity, alternative God-talk and criticizing structures of authority [PDF]

, 2015
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van den Brandt, Hendrika
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They Bleed But They Don’t Die: Towards a Theoretical Canon On Ga-Adangbe Gender Studies [PDF]

, 2012
Contemporary African women are often cast as existing below the glass ceiling. African women who are perceived as having overcome this glass threshold are therefore seen and celebrated as exceptional. Against this background, this essay offers conceptual
Odamtten, Harry N. K.
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‘Shameful histories’ – shame and sex perceived by secondary school students in history education

History Education Research Journal
A challenge for history education in Sweden involves integrating questions regarding relationships and sex education. The purpose of this article is to explore how students and teachers relate historical narratives about women’s sexuality between the ...
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Memories of Women’s Militancy before the Coup d’État in Chile (Valparaíso)

Revista Estudos Feministas, 2018
This work deals with the links between Gender and Social Memories of Dictatorship in Chile, focusing on the political trajectories of left-wing female activists.
María Angélica Cruz Contreras
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